https://philosophytree.me/ A research journal on the philosophy of artificial intelligence — mind, meaning, agency, and the old taxonomies that new machines unsettle. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:12:05 -0500 https://philosophytree.me/blog/2026/09/why-a-porphyrian-tree/ https://philosophytree.me/blog/2026/09/why-a-porphyrian-tree/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Every classification is a small metaphysics. When Porphyry of Tyre wrote his Isagoge around 270 CE, he meant only to introduce Aristotle’s Categories to beginners. Yet the scheme his readers extracted from it — a single trunk descending from substance to human, each step fixed by a difference — became one of the most durable pictures of how the world is carved. https://philosophytree.me/blog/2026/09/a-starter-reading-list/ https://philosophytree.me/blog/2026/09/a-starter-reading-list/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500 A short, opinionated list of works that frame most of what I write about here. Each deserves a post of its own; for now, one line each.